Poor little Cal. Deanna pulls a handkerchief out of her pocket kept for just such occasions and wipes his mouth off before settling him back into his carrier. He squirms and fusses but not loudly enough to be much of a distraction. While she continues her conversation with Tarn, she'll stroke Cal's (sparse) hair to try to quiet him down.

"It's progressing fairly well, actually. We've discovered some sort of field around the wormhole that Dr. Niadem believes caused our arrival on the planet. They're going to launch a satellite to get more data, so in a week or so we should know more.

Dr. Niadem is very committed to helping us get home - they've been working day and night working on the Star Gate."

Even if no one else seems to be.